Lighting DevicesGreek5th century BCE
Greek Lamp
450-400 BCE
Description
Wheelmade lamp with relatively shallow body, curving walls, and curved rim with a downwardly sloping facet. Horizontal strap handle preserved only at joins with body. Most of mid-length, flat-topped nozzle missing. Low disc base, vaguely concave and separated from underside of body by a groove. Orange, micaceous, well-levigated fabric with chipping matt black slip. Underside of base unslipped. Reconstructed from two fragments.
Dimensions
2.8 x 8.4 x 7.2 cm (1 1/8 x 3 5/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Excavated at Olynthus. See Olynthus 14, 356: a.
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